Students from South West College, Northern Ireland, are joining Penn State students in Pittsburgh to learn best practices in energy-efficient design during the High-Performance Building Summer Camp June 3-21.

The city was selected as the host for the camp because of its classification as a United Nations International Center of Excellence on High-Performance Building.  Read more here.

Highlights include site visits to Phipps Center for Sustainable Landscapes, Tree Pittsburgh, Frick Environmental Center, Energy Innovation Center, Fallingwater, Kentuck Knob and more.

“At Frick Environmental Center and Park, it was quite amazing to be immersed in the park with the different technologies, but the winner has to be Phipps Conservatory and seeing the different stages of building from past to present. You see how humanity was trying to control nature with the first and oldest building, and the more we are present in today’s living buildings we realize we have to work with nature not control it, to try to get the best for everyone," said Seán McKenna, Innovation Manager, South West College, Northern Ireland

In its third year, the High-Performance Building Summer Camp is designed to prepare the students for Passive House Certification through visits, classes and workshops and is a joint initiative between the Green Building Alliance, Franco Harris Pittsburgh Center at Penn State, South West College, Northern Ireland and the Penn State-led Global Building Network.

For more about the visit or an opportunity for interviews, please contact Christie Black at cxb81@psu.edu or 814-441-9506.

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[Posted: June 14, 2024]

6/17/2024